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German: 2-schalige Glasfassade

English translation: double skin glass facade







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German term or phrase:2-schalige Glasfassade
English translation:double skin glass facade
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Tech/Engineering - Architecture / architecture
German term or phrase: 2-schalige Glasfassade
"2-schalige Glasfassade mit integriertem Sonnenschutz"

Description of the façade of and office building, from the construction specifications. Thanks!
georg schreiner
Austria
double skin glass facade
Explanation:
My initial guess was double-pane, like the fancier kind of windows that insulate well. It's not clear if they really mean just double-pane glass or a true double skin glass facade, as described below?

http://www.glassonweb.com/publications/doubleskin/
In recent years, the use of double-skin façades, sometimes referred to as a "building in a building", has gained a lot of popularity throughout the world, due to characteristics such as durability, ecology, easy circulation of fresh-air, use of natural resources, etc. As indicated by the term "double-skin" such a façade is intended to mean a system in which two "skins" - two layers of glass - are separated by a significant amount of air space, that is to say, a second glass façade is placed in front of the first. This systems enables air to circulate between the cavity of the two façades, providing excellent air circulation. The type of double-skin façade then determines the type of air circulation. Of course, the most interesting systems are those designed in such a way that in addition to permitting natural air circulation, they also use solar energy, converting it into electrical energy.



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Note added at 16 mins (2003-12-05 12:37:20 GMT)
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http://gaia.lbl.gov/hpbf/techno_c.htm
\"Double-skin façades and natural ventilation\"
The double-skin façade is a European Union (EU) architectural phenomenon driven by the aesthetic desire for an all-glass façade and the practical desire to have natural ventilation for improved indoor air quality without the acoustic and security constraints of naturally-ventilated single-skin façades. ...
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Michele Johnson
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Double skin it is, thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +6double skin glass facade
Michele Johnson
4 +2double-skin glass facade
Cécile Kellermayr


  


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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
double-skin glass facade

Explanation:
siehe Link - da ist eine Beschreibung dabei


    Reference: http://www.glassonweb.com/articles/article/72/
Cécile Kellermayr
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Gareth McMillan: What's better? Agree with both, or neither?
13 mins

agree Steffen Walter: Gleichzeitigkeit wird belohnt - auf die eine Minute Unterschied kommt es ja nun wirklich nicht an ;-)
16 mins
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
double skin glass facade

Explanation:
My initial guess was double-pane, like the fancier kind of windows that insulate well. It's not clear if they really mean just double-pane glass or a true double skin glass facade, as described below?

http://www.glassonweb.com/publications/doubleskin/
In recent years, the use of double-skin façades, sometimes referred to as a "building in a building", has gained a lot of popularity throughout the world, due to characteristics such as durability, ecology, easy circulation of fresh-air, use of natural resources, etc. As indicated by the term "double-skin" such a façade is intended to mean a system in which two "skins" - two layers of glass - are separated by a significant amount of air space, that is to say, a second glass façade is placed in front of the first. This systems enables air to circulate between the cavity of the two façades, providing excellent air circulation. The type of double-skin façade then determines the type of air circulation. Of course, the most interesting systems are those designed in such a way that in addition to permitting natural air circulation, they also use solar energy, converting it into electrical energy.



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Note added at 16 mins (2003-12-05 12:37:20 GMT)
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http://gaia.lbl.gov/hpbf/techno_c.htm
\"Double-skin façades and natural ventilation\"
The double-skin façade is a European Union (EU) architectural phenomenon driven by the aesthetic desire for an all-glass façade and the practical desire to have natural ventilation for improved indoor air quality without the acoustic and security constraints of naturally-ventilated single-skin façades. ...

Michele Johnson
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Double skin it is, thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Cécile Kellermayr: oh, da war ja schon wer schneller!
2 mins

agree Gareth McMillan: What's better? Agree with both, or neither?
15 mins

agree Steffen Walter: Gleichzeitigkeit wird belohnt
16 mins

agree Lori Dendy-Molz: Yep. Sir Foster's Commerzbank in Frankfurt is one example.
19 mins

agree Narasimhan Raghavan
1 hr

agree Herbert2
1 day1 hr
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